GUARDIAN PAT.
A DOG THAT UNDERSTOOD. This dog story comes to us from Scotland. It shows a dog's protective instinct over its owner's property that is common enough in trained breeds, but unusual in a small pet. We were on the sands with some of our friends when they left their clothes on the beach and their little dog Pat to guard them while they went bathing. They were bathing some time and the sea began to come in. When it got quite near the clothes Pat began to bark, but his mistress did not hear him.
Then some people came along the beach, and Pat left the clothes, ran to them, started to jump round them, and ran from them to the clothes. They saw what he meant, and took up the clothes and put them out of reach of the sea.
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Waikato Times, Volume 100, Issue 16780, 24 April 1926, Page 16 (Supplement)
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143GUARDIAN PAT. Waikato Times, Volume 100, Issue 16780, 24 April 1926, Page 16 (Supplement)
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